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tutions to consider in detail all questions of management and methods. — 

 Laws, 1911, Ch. 62, p. 86, §§ 20, 38. 



Dual System — 



California. All contracts entered into by any State officer, board,, 

 commission, department, or bureau, for the purchase of supplies and ma- 

 terials shall, before the same become effective, be transmitted with all 

 papers, estimates, and recommendations concerning the same, to the State 

 Board of Control. No State officer shall purchase supplies in the open 

 market without the permission of the board, except in emergencies for 

 amounts under ^100.— Statutes, 1911, Ch. 349, p. 590. 



Illinois. The managing officers of the various institutions meet at 

 least annually with a committee from the Board of Administration "for 

 the purpose of classifying the supplies and estimating the requirements of 

 the various institutions". This committee is styled the Board of Joint 

 Estimate. It is the duty of this board under the direction of the Board 

 of Administration, to provide for the purchase of supplies in large quan- 

 tities on contracts for periods not exceeding fifteen months from the date 

 of the contract. The board annually elects two members to act with the 

 Fiscal Supervisor as a standing committee to supervise the purchase of 

 supplies. The Fiscal Supervisor shall have full knowledge of all details 

 of every business transaction of the committee. Purchase is by competi- 

 tive bidding after specified advertising. — Laws, 1912, p. 78, § 15. 



New York. The law provides a Fiscal Supervisor who receives annual 

 inventories of supplies and property from the institutions. He must ap- 

 prove all monthly estimates of supplies before certifying them to the 

 comptroller. He may alter and revise these as to quantity, quality, and 

 cost. Thereon the comptroller authorizes the boards, managers, and trus- 

 tees of the separate institutions to purchase as estimated. No accounts 

 except those in the estimates shall be paid by the treasurer. All purchases 

 shall be made for cash or on time not to exceed thirty days. Annually the 

 Fiscal Supervisor calls the superintendents of the institutions to meet at 

 his office. They designate a purchasing committee for the year. This 

 committee may award joint contracts of staple articles of supplies. — 

 Consolidated Laws, 1909, Vol. v, p. 5386; Supjjlement, 1911, p. 733. 



Ohio. The board is required to purchase all supplies needed for the 

 proper support and maintenance of the institutions by competitive bidding 

 under such rules as the board may adopt. Detailed monthly estimates are 

 required.— General Code, 1910, §§ 1349-1359. 



Rhode Island. The board of control shall purchase and make all con- 

 tracts for the purchase of supplies for the use of all State institutions 

 (charitable) . An officer of an institution may, however, be commissioned 

 to purchase an amount not to exceed $500 at one time. The law specifies 

 in detail the manner of advertising for bids and the awarding of con- 

 tracts. The board appoints a disbursing agent at each institution who has 

 charge of the supplies received. — Acts, 1912, Ch. 825, p. 187. 



Supervisory System — 



Connecticut. The warden of the prison shall provide for prisoners 

 suitable food and clothing; shall act as general agent of the prison in the 



